16.10 Vocabulary List

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1.		今	gam1	Mor	this (literally ‘now’)
2.		上	soeng6	N	last (literally ‘up’)
3.		下	haa6	N	next (literally ‘down’)
4.		星期	sing1 kei4	N	week CL: 個 go3
5.		禮拜	lai5 baai3	N	week (more colloquial) CL: 個 go3
6.		興趣	hing3 ceoi3	N	interest
7.		時間	si4 gaan3	N	time
8.		呢排	ni1 paai4	N	recently (literally ‘this + period of time’)
			ni1 paai2
			nei1 paai4
			nei1 paai2
9.		下次	haa6 ci3	N	next time
10.		去	heoi3	V	to go
11.		出去	ceot1 heoi3	V	to go out
12.		出嚟	ceot1 lai4	V	to come out
12.		出嚟	ceot1 lei4	V	to come out
13.		嚟	lai4	V	to come
13.		嚟	lei4	V	to come
14.		過嚟	gwo3 lai4	V	to come over
14.		過嚟	gwo3 lei4	V	to come over
15.		得閒	dak1 haan4	Adj	free (not busy)
16.		忙	mong4	Adj	busy
17.		好	hou2	Adj	good
17.		好	hou2	Adv	very
18.		勁	ging6	Adv	strongly
19.		超	ciu1	Adv	super
20.		唔係好	m4 hai6 hou2	Adv	not very
21.		唔係幾	m4 hai6 gei2	Adv	not quite
22.		有啲	jau5 di1	Adv	a bit
23.		不如	bat1 jyu4	Adv	why not
24.		一齊	jat1 cai4	Adv	together
25.		吖	aa1	SP	(Used to form suggestions)
26.		喇	laa3	SP	(Added to decisions that are different from what is usually or originally expected)
27.		啦	laa1	SP	(Added to decisions)
28.		揾日	wan2 jat6	Exp	to find a day
29.		OK	ou1 kei1	Exp	okay

Adj = Adjective

Adv = Adverb

AP = Aspect Particle

CL = Classifier / Measure Word

Conj = Conjunction

DW = Distinguishing Word

Exp = Expression

Mor = Morpheme

MV = Modal Verb

N = Noun

Num = Number

Onom = Onomatopoeia

Part = Particle

Post = Postposition / Localizer

Pref = Prefix

Prep = Preposition / Coverb

Pron = Pronoun

QExp = Question Expression

QW = Question Word

SP = Sentence Particle

Suf = Suffix

SV = Separable Verb

V = Verb

VP = Verbal Particle